MOSCOW (MRC) -- Jakarta-listed PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP), the country’s largest petrochemical producer, is in plans to restart its naphtha cracker, reported Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Indonesia informed that the cracker is planned to be restarted towards this weekend. It was shut on June 2, 2015 owing to technical issues.
Located in Anyer, Indonesia, the cracker has an ethylene capacity of 600,000 mt/year and propylene capacity of 306,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed previously, in March 2015, Chandra Asri Petrochemical filed a request with the Indonesian government seeking additional tax incentives for a polybutadiene (BR) plant under construction in Cilegon, Indonesia.
CAP's Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI) subsidiary and Michelin in 2013 formed Synthetic Rubber Indonesia as a joint venture to build a USD435-million BR facility in Cilegon. The plant will produce BR using a neodymium catalyst and solution styrene butadiene rubber, with feedstock supplied by PBI. Production is scheduled to begin in 2017.
Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is the largest vertically integrated petrochemical company in Indonesia with facilities located in Ciwandan, Cilegon and Puloampel, Serang in Banten Province. CAP is Indonesia's premier petrochemical plant incorporating world-class, state-of-the-art technology and supporting facilities. At the heart of CAP lies the Lummus Naphtha Cracker producing high quality Ethylene, Propylene, Mixed C4, and Pyrolysis Gasoline (Py-Gas) for the Indonesian as well as regional export markets.
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